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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 44 · 1977
Sonepur
Winner — 1977
RAM SUNDER DAS
JNP· Janata
JNP 60.7%IND 23.0%4 others 16.4%
Votes
40,747
60.7% share
Winning margin
25,336
37.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
61.1%
of 1,09,860
Sonepur is a safe seat — RAM SUNDER DAS won by 37.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM SUNDER DAS | Janata | 40,747 | 60.7% |
| 2 | RAMESHWAR PRASAD RAI | IND | 15,411 | 22.9% |
| 3 | DHRURENDHAR SINGH | Left | 8,737 | 13.0% |
| 4 | BHOLA RAI | IND | 1,450 | 2.2% |
| 5 | SATYA NARAYAN SINGH | IND | 552 | 0.8% |
| 6 | BALESHWAR SINGH | IND | 239 | 0.4% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (43rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean37.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 1.1% · max 41.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
43rd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
206th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
107th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 60.7%IND 22.9%CPI 13.0%OTH 3.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.